The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-10-26

kAsessss'ssSsAAs~
esss Of the recent mShIllrssIen
eIatod thDm. IN spite at the wrath
and contempt it has brought upon
the guilty, it Is doubtful, even yet,
whether the French realize the full
gravity of the event. That an
honorable decoration should be
made the subject of a sordid traffic
is bad enough, but the worst thing
is the relation of all this corruption
to the efficiency of the army. OIL
GERS who would sell the cross of the
Legion of Honor would combine
with shoddy contractors, stuff pay
rolls and betray plans to the enemy.
Would a new campaign on the Alsa-
tian frontier be repetition of the
collapse of 1902
BRITISH AFFAIRS.
London, Oct. l2-The epidemic
of scarlet fever continues to spread.
There areil 300 cases in the hospi-
tails.
At Newmarket to-day the race for
the Middle Park plate was won by
Sir +. Johnston's o. C. Friar's Bal
sam; Lord Londonderey's C. C. colt
Hasel Hutch second, Lord CAL
thorpe's C. (. Seabreeze third.
There were five starters.
Lady Brassey died on board the
Sunbeam, her husbands yacht,
while bound from Australia. She
was buried at sea.
AMERICAN ITEMS.
President Cleveland and Mrs.
Cleveland were at Kansas City on
the 18th, on their Western trip.
Robert Garrett has resigned the
presidency of the Baltimore and
Ohio railway.
Miss Helen Dauvrag, the actress,
has been married to John NJ. Ward,
the famous short-stop of the New
York Club, and lawyer as well.
The Preller murder case is not
yet decided. An appeal has been
taken to the United States Supreme
Court in Washington.
A railroad collision on the Chica-
90 and Atlantic railroad resulted in
the death of from nine to thirteen
people. The sleeper was telescoped
and the wreck took fire. The rail-
road company is trying to suppress
the facts.
The murderer of J. w. Barron,
treasurer of the National and State
Savings Bank, Dexter, Maine, has
been arrested through the investi-
CATION of New York World re-
porter. The murder took place in
1873. Barron was dissolved in the
Bank vault, gagged and bound, with
rope around his neck and wounds
on his head. 1t was charged that
he committed suicide to enable his
family to get his life assurance.
Suit has been brought by Lizzie
F. Ralston, widow of the late VIM.
Ralston, founder of the Bank of
California, to recover the Palace
and Grand Hotels and other pro-
perty, which she alleges she was
tricked out of by the late VIM. Sha-
ron. The amount involved is about
$4,000, 900.
nANAnIAN AEEAIpS
Halifax, IN. S., Oct. 12.-The
schooner Haulette, hitherto employ
ed as a Canadian fisher cruiser, has
been purchased by Captain Grant
of British Columbia, and will pro-
coed Immediately to the Pacific to
engage in the Alaska fisheries.
1t will be remembered that the
American Fishery schooner High
land Light was captured by the
Haulette. 1t is not improbable that
the Haulette herself may become
the prize of American cruisers in
Alaskan waters.
MoRoCCO's ANXIOUS FRIENDS.
Paris, Oct. 12.-The journal
DIES Debats" says; FRANCE does
not desire to take possession of
Morocco or to injure the material
interests of Spain.
Moorish waters will soon witness
an assembling of men-of-war of all
countries, in which event America
will be represented. The precise
objects of this assemblage, the
journal" continues, is unknown,
and it is possible that the partici-
pants are animated by widely diver
gent intentions.
If the object be to guarantee the
equilibrium of the Mediterranean
that programme is extremely vague
and very dangerous to France and
Spain, who alone have direct and
positive interests there, the chief of
which is TO prevent Morocco from
becoming q second Bulgaria, and
they should establish a mutual I'M
Outstanding.
The "JournaP' expresses the
hope that the Sultan will recover
and that the men-of-war will leave,
which will be the best thing that